Four nights in a row of midget racing in Illinois certainly is a plus for the sport. Less traveling is plus. But, I'm not getting too excited over this yet and here's why. POWRi already schedules races at these tracks in the past, some with multiple dates, so until I see the entire POWRi schedule and how previous dates play out or have been eliminated or have been substituted with the proposed Illinois Midget Week, then I can make an evaluation as to the strength of the schedule. Macon and Belleville would be a perfect example. They already have been scheduling multiple midget events. Are the midget week shows additions or are we just switching dates around to fit four nights in a row of racing? If that's the case, then nothing is gained except the convenience of travel. As to 70 midgets in the St. Louis area, I can't imagine that happening any other place in the United States. Last weekend was a unique situation with a large purse offered at Tri-City and several local teams at Belleville that by and large do not stray from a 100 mile radius of St. Louis and wouldn't run a USAC show anyway. What would excite me would be 70 midgets showing up in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania or even Indiana. The USAC midget schedule has been going down hill for years. Outside of midget week, forget it. A few nights of midget racing in Indiana is pretty lame. Strike out Eldora (and who wants to run a midget there anyway) 150 miles to Ohio from Indianapolis and not one dirt race to be found. There is a gold mine of dirt tracks in Ohio but no midget racing in a state that used to be a hot bed of midget racing. Now an Ohio midget week would be really earth shaking.